Florence Decker Corry: Decker Grandparents: Nancy and Zachariah http://florencedeckercorry.blogspot.com/2011/12/decker-grandparents-nancy-and-zachariah.html
Nancy Bean’s granddaughter once described her grandmother as a woman with jet-black, wavy hair, beautiful gray eyes, abundant energy, and an indomitable spirit. That indomitable spirit carried Nancy through the upheaval of the Nauvoo years, across the plains to Utah Territory, through three marriages and thirteen children. Early photograph of Nauvoo Temple. John D. Lee. On July 11, 1848, as the company camped along the Platte River, a group of men traveling east from the Salt Lake Valley arrived in camp&...
Florence Decker Corry: December 2011 http://florencedeckercorry.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
Rachel must have gotten pregnant shortly after losing the twins, because the following summer, on July 3, 1892 she gave birth to Virgil Mahonri. By May 1917, Virgil was back home from school and getting ready to marry Edith Pearl Kjar of Manti. They were married on September 26, 1917 in the Manti Temple. Articles from Manti Messenger and Parowan Times give details of the family’s whereabouts over the years, as well as the story of Boyd’s accident and Virgil’s death. On April 29, 1894, Rachel gave birth t...